The sad truth about early initiation of dialysis in elderly patients

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1919-1920

  Rosansky, Steven J ^a  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84860733228     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.3522     Document Type: Short Survey

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